Discourses of Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanwi, Islamic Promotions,p.9
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Lowering oneself, which is called Tawaadhu’ (humilty), is a great and valuable asset. To achieve this quality, many of the servants of Allah abandoned their kingdom and empire. They didn’t care in the least what people thought of them. Surely, humility must then be a much-prized quality so that people gave it preference to it over the entire world!

— Ashraf Ali Thanwi

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Lowering oneself, which is called Tawaadhu’ (humilty), is a great and valuable asset. To achieve this quality, many of the servants of Allah abandoned their kingdom and empire. They didn’t care in the least what people thought of them. Surely, humility must then be a much-prized quality so that people gave it preference to it over the entire world!" in the context of "Discourses of Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanwi, Islamic Promotions,p.9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Ashraf Ali Thanwi

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1862–1943) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author, jurist and a Sufi mentor of the Chishti order. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, and authored several hundred books including Bayan Ul Quran and Bahishti Zewar.